Packing and transportation carrier, trunk, or the like.



No. 723,784. PATEN-TBD MAR. 24, 1903.. G. W. PEGK.

PACKING AND TRANSPORTATION CARRIER, TRUNK, OR THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.12, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

trunk or carrier.

UNITE STATES PATENT QFFICE.

GEORGE W. PECK, OF ROSELLE PARK, NEW JERSEY.

PACKING AND TRANSPORTATION CARRIER, TRUNK, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 723,784, dated March 24, 1903. Application filed November 12, 1902. Serial No. 130,964. (No modelfi To all whom it may concern;

Beit known that I, GEORGE \V. PEOK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Roselle Park, county of Union, and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packing and Transportation Carriers, Trunks, or the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the invention as embodied in a trunk, the forwardly-presented corner-of which has been broken away to disclose the interior construction which embodies the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of one corner of the Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the lines 3 3 of Fig. 2.

It has been customary heretofore to protect fragile materials and also fragile vesselscontaining liquids against shock or jar during transportation and use by the employment of spring-bufiers of various constructions located between the exterior case, box, or crate and the interior vessel containing the fragile material or which was itself fragile. Such interior receptacles have almost invariably been substantially cylindrical in form, such as a bottle, a demijohn, or jar. Also I have heretofore made an invention and procured a patent (it being No. 701,384 and dated June 3, 1902 therefor in which a square interior box or crate was protected exteriorly by another stronger box or crate, the prevention against shock or jar being provided by springbuffers interposed between them. In all such prior constructions, however, the springbulfers have been permanently connected to the exterior box or crate, and, moreover, be cause the inner receptacle has been square or angular in outline there have necessarily been two buffers at each side of each angle or corner in order to afford the requisite protection against shocks comingin different directions.

Under my present invention (which may be beneficially employed in the manufacture of trunks and is therefore so illustrated) in order that fragile goods or personal effects may not be injured during transit I have devised an altogether new construction under which the spring-buffers are permanently attached to the interior case or box instead of to the interior corner of the outer case or box, and

the buffer in itsoperation has a diagonal outward movement at an angle of substantially forty-five degrees to each side of the interior receptacle instead of there being two buffers at eachcorner moving inwardly and at directly right angles to the plane of the respective sides upon which they'are attached, as in former constructions. In thisway it will be observed I secure several very important advantages: First, the economyin construction is reduced practically one-half; second, the space required for a single buffer placed directly at the corner of the interior tray or box and having a diagonal projection is materia-lly less (not quite one-half) than that required in the old constructions; third, under my construction the rigid bar of the buffer serves also as the corner brace or post for the interior receptacle; fourth, the appearance is very much neater and more finished than where double the number of buffers are employed.

Having thus briefly recited some of the differences between mypresent invention and the prior art, I proceed to describe it in detail, as follows:

A illustrates the exterior box or casing. It

is or may be provided with locks, hinges, a lid,

and strengthening bands or ribs, as usual.

I B is an interior box, crate, or case, the size of which maybe substantially that of the exterior box or casing, or it may be smaller, thus permitting the use of trays. If trays are used, they may be provided with the same cushioning appliances as those about to be described. A single description, therefore, will serve for all.

C is a corner brace or bar, which may beneficially extend from the bottom of the interior box or casing to the top of the sidesthereof, and to this bar there are fastened the side pieces of the interior case in any suitable manner. Thus it will be seen the bar 0 constitutes the corner-piece or strengtheningblock for the interior case and likewise serves as the rigid bar for the buffer.

D is the movable or spring-actuated bar of the bufier. It is preferably rounded off some- What or beveled at its lower end, as shown at E, whereby smooth and easy insertion of the' inner case within the outer one is secured, and if at any time it should be desirable to remove and then replace the inner case such replacement may be accomplished with greater ease.

F F are pintles or headed pins fastened in the bar D, encircled with springs G and pro vided with heads H. The heads move through the recess I, made in the rigid bar C.

K K are little cushions of rubber, which I prefer to fasten on the bottom of the inner receptacle B, so that it may be resiliently supported against the bottom of the exterior box or casing, and K K are similar rubber cushions, which may be beneficially employed at the ends and sides of the inner receptacle and which at these places are preferably so short that they will not normally touch the sides of the exterior box or casing; but in the event of excessive compression coming upon the corner-buffers they will be momentarily brought in contact therewith as auxiliary cushioning devices.

The operation of the construction is as follows: The goods within the interior receptacle B will be cushioned against fracture incident to shock or jar by the yielding or cushioning action of the corner-buffers. WVhen the strain comes upon them, the springs G will collapse, causing the heads H of the pintles F to slide to a greater or less extent through the recess I in the rigid corner brace O, andif excessive shock or jar occurs, then the auxiliary buffers K will be brought into action momentarily for the relief of the contents.

It will be noted that the construction is relatively inexpensive and coin pact, and that by reason of the buffers being located at the corners of the interior receptacle and constructed in such manner that the inner bar of the buffer is rigid and the outer bar is the movable one, and also owing to the fact that the side boards or pieces of the inner receptacle B are cut away at the very corner, there is considerable space afforded within which the spring-buffers may act, whereas if the buffers had been doubled, one at each side of the corner, the inner receptacle would have to be very tnuch reduced in size.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with this art that somewhat extensive modifications may be made in the construction of the it1vention--that is to say, springs of a variety of forms may be employed instead of the spiral springs G, and even if spiral springs be employed they need not necessarily encircle the pintles II, nor is it essential that the pintles be employed. A single bar of wood may be so fashioned, either by sawing away portions of it or by bending it over at the top or bottom, as that one part shall serve the purposes of the rigid bar B or be attached to a part serving that purpose and the other part may serve the purpose of the movable parts or bars, other parts of the same piece acting resiliently or as springs between the two. Also it is not essential that there be a separate and distinct piece to act as the movable corner-post, because one part of the elastic or resilient device may be so fashioned as to serve the purpose of the corner bar or post. I prefer, however, the construction shown, because, all things considered, it is the most reliable, convenient, and handsome construction at present known to me. Also it is not essential that the corner-buffers be in one piece or in the form of a single structure extending vertically up each corner of the inner receptacle. They may be made of two or more pieces and disposed as preferred.

My invention maybe employed in a variety of structures, such as trunks, fruit-carriers, egg-carriers, and generally receptacles for the transportation of fragile articles.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. A carrier having an outer box or casing and an inner receptacle, buffers located at the corners of the inner receptacle each embodying a stationary part to which the sides of the inner receptacle are permanently attached andwhereby they are supported and a movable part elastically supported upon said stationary part on the outside of the inner receptacle adapted to engage in the adjacent corner of the box or casing proper.

2. A carrier having an outer box or casing and an inner receptacle, buffers located at the corners of the inner receptacle, each embodying a part which is rigidly attached to said corner, an elastically-supported part on the outside of the inner receptacle adapted to engage with the adjacent corner of the exterior box or casing and auxiliary springs or cushions which are called into action in the event of excessive movement of the said corner-buffers.

3. A carrier having an outer box or casing and an inner receptacle, buffers located at the corners of the-inner receptacle, each embodying a vertically-extending bar which constitutes the corner of the inner receptacle and to which its side pieces are fastened somewhat back from the corner and an elastically-supported part on the outside of the inner receptacle supported by said verticallyextending bar and adapted to engage with the adjacent corner of the exterior box or casing.

t. A tray or inner receptacle for carriers comprising essentiallya bottom and sides, the corners whereof are secured by means of a vertically-extending bar to which the side pieces are fastened somewhat back frotn the point of their juncture and an exterior part elastically supported upon said corner-bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- GEO. W. PECK.

\Vitnesses:

OSCAR Pnox, E. F. HOAGLAND. 

